Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12 E+W+S Supersession of decisions of former appellate bodies

Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48) E+W+S

2 (1) Section 17 (decisions superseding earlier decisions) is amended as follows. E+W+S

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraphs (b) and (d) after “any decision of” there is inserted “ an appeal tribunal or ”;

(b) in paragraph (e) after “any decision of“ there is inserted “a Child Support Commissioner or”.

(3) After subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(6) In this section—

• “appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Social Security Act 1998 (the functions of which have been transferred to the First-tier Tribunal);

• “Child Support Commissioner” means a person appointed as such under section 22 (the functions of whom have been transferred to the Upper Tribunal).”